Obama and Erdogan: Syria's Assad Must Go

5/16/2013 1:25PM

President Obama, speaking at a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, says that Turkey and the U.S. agree that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad must give up power to a transitional government.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

I ... finally we spend a great deal of time ... on an issue that has ... wracked the region ... of these trips are ... under the promises leadership the church people are shown extraordinary generosity ... to the Syrians who found refuge ... in Turkey ... and I know this is a heavy burden ... I've made it clear again today that ... United States is going to keep on ... helping ... countries the region including Turkey shoulder this burden ... doing our part ... as a major donor humanitarian aid to Syrian people including those refugees in Turkey ... and what I keep ... working with our Turkish partners deliver the food shelter and medicine ... that's needed to save lots ... the same time ... we're going to keep increasing the pressure on the Assad regime ... and working with the Syrian opposition ... Messrs metaphor for ... the international airfare for two porch for a transition to a Democratic Syria ... without ... push our Assad ... the church is gonna play an important role as we bring representatives of the regime and opposition together ... in the coming weeks ... we both agreed ... the stock needs to go ... he's transfer power to a transitional body ... that is the only way the word and salt ... this crisis ... were to keep working for a Syria that is free from all sides turning ... that is intact and inclusive of all ethnic and religious groups ... and that's a source of stability ... not extremists ... because it's in the bravado interests of all our nations ... especially ... Turkey ...